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NASA halts shuttle flights over foam issue
Jul 27 2005 10:52PM (CT)
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - NASA grounded future shuttle flights Wednesday because a big chunk of insulating foam flew off Discovery's fuel tank during liftoff _ as it did in Columbia's doomed mission _ but this time apparently missed the spacecraft.
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Scientists experiment with current in Nev.
Jul 27 2005 10:44PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Scientists at the Nevada Test Site said they generated a current Wednesday equal to roughly four times all the electrical power on Earth.
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Scientists hope to boost speckled trout
Jul 27 2005 8:54PM (CT)
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Scientists at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory are raising thousands of speckled trout to try to boost the population of one of the coast's most popular game fish.
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Researcher measures the gases cows emit
Jul 27 2005 8:51PM (CT)
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) - In a white, tent-like "bio-bubble" on a farm near Davis, eight pregnant Holsteins are eating, chewing and pooping _ for science. "The ladies," as they're called by University of California researcher Frank Mitloehner, are doing their part to answer a question plaguing one of California's largest agricultural industries: How much gas does a cow emit?
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U.S. offering Kyoto Protocol alternative
Jul 27 2005 8:46PM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - The United States will join India, China and Australia in announcing a new pact to limit greenhouse gases as an alternative to the Kyoto Protocol, Australia's environment minister said Wednesday.
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Wealthy scientist joins Russia Soyuz crew
Jul 27 2005 5:09PM (CT)
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - A millionaire scientist has been confirmed as a member of a Russian Soyuz crew scheduled to blast off Oct. 1 and deliver supplies to the international space station.
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Conservationists seek to protect apes
Jul 27 2005 12:01PM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The Austrian branch of an international conservation group on Wednesday said it was launching a campaign to educate Austrian tourists about how bringing home souvenirs made from parts of dead apes, such as scalps, could contribute to the extinction of some species.
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NASA studies debris recorded during launch
Jul 27 2005 11:01AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - In uneasy reminders of the Columbia accident, a thermal tile apparently got chipped and other debris whirled around Discovery as it rumbled toward space Tuesday, but it wasn't clear if the shuttle's sensitive skin had been jeopardized.
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